County profile
Barrow County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#847 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,843
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,543
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,773
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$80.7k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
9.6%±1.3%
Business applications
1,899 · 2025
Retail establishments
219
22.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction13%
Health care13%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,773
residents · 2025 · +18.7% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,339
International migration+1,170
Natural change+2,114
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$294.7k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±1.2%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$350.8M
1,584 units · 15.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 80Ice storm 67Tornado 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1712016
1882017
2072018
2222019
2372020
2792021
3462022
3732023
3942024
3982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 40% since 20211,1342021
1,0542022
1,0922023
1,4272024
1,5842025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.0 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
173.5 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
36.0 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barrow?
Barrow's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 7.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.